Rain makes Eid return journeys harder

FE Team | Published: July 21, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

The Eid holidaymakers who have started returning to capital and other cities after celebrating the Eid-ul-Fitr in their villages are facing immense trouble due to incessant monsoon rain, lack of transport and poor road conditions, reports UNB.
Ayshea Akhter, a working woman in her early 40s, who had gone to her village home in Bhairab to celebrate Eid with her family members said she somehow managed a bus ticket of a Dhaka-bound 'Royal Coach' from Bhairab counter around 12:30 pm and boarded it 30 minutes later.
"Usually, it takes two hours to reach Dhaka city from Bhairab town, but today I had to spend nearly four boring hours in the uncomfortable bus though there was no traffic jam on the road…it happened only because of poor road condition and rain," Ayshea told the news agency at Kamlapur Bus Station.
The rain that started lashing the country before the Eid spoiling the celebrations of Eid holidaymakers in many places still continues inflicting sufferings on those trying to reach their city destinations to join their work in time. The torrential rains also contribute towards deteriorating the road conditions.
Engineer Mujibul Haque who works in a private firm told the news agency that he celebrated Eid in Dhaka but had a plan to go to his hometown Chittagong on Monday to meet his other family members on the occasion of Eid but he postponed the tour just because of the inclement weather.
Mohammad Hanif, a businessman of Dhaka city, told this correspondent, "Now I'm at my village home in Chhagalniya, Feni. I had a plan to return to Dhaka on Monday but I couldn't because of the bad weather."
During his visits to Kamlapur Railway and Kamlapur bus stations at about 4:00 pm on Monday, this correspondent found many returnees agonisingly waiting to reach home as there was a lack of rickshaws and buses for their short journeys.
According to the Met Office, moderate rainfall were sweeping the country, including Dhaka, Barisal, Khulna, Chittagong and Rajshahi, soaking roads and highways in the regions.
Another BSS report adds: Rain that continued since last few days barring Eid celebrators outing is likely to reduce gradually in the capital and some other parts of the country, said a spokesman of Metrological Department on Monday.
Some 53mm rainfall had been recorded in Khepupara of Patuakhali and 4mm in Dhaka until 12:00 noon since 6:00am on Monday, said Sharmin Akhter, an official of the Met office, adding detail is yet to reach the office.
Met office said the axis of monsoon trough runs through Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal and thence northeastwards to Assam across central part of Bangladesh. One of its associated troughs extends to Northwest Bay. Monsoon is active over Bangladesh and moderate elsewhere over North Bay.